This class will explore the essential connection between your mind body, and self through the lens of the Alexander Technique. The Alexander Technique provides a process for cultivating awareness and creating the conditions for change to emerge in our movement patterns, thought process, and sensory experiences. Together we will practice embodying ideas that allow us to understand our own ranges of effort, mobility, breath, balance, and recuperation. Using the AT principles one can discover movement possibilities that are supportive and sustainable. Classes will explore topics such as: dynamic balance, presence, anatomy and kinesiology, tools for recuperation and injury prevention, nervous system regulation, and developmental movement, among others. Class will include practical application to everyday movements as well as an integration into dancing and movement practices.

For class-related questions, please email programs@movementresearch.org.

 

Accessibility Notes

  • This class includes auditive guidance.

For access information about Gibney’s facilities refer to their website.

To request ASL interpretation or Audio Description, please email accessibility@movementresearch.org, subject line “ASL/Audio Description Request, Sarah White-Ayón” at least three (3) weeks prior to the class date you plan to attend.

For access-related questions and requests, please contact accessibility@movementresearch.org, subject line “Sarah White-Ayón.”

Register for this class

In-Person

    To register visit Gibney´s Class Schedule:

    Location

    Gibney at 280 Broadway
    280 Broadway (Enter at 53A Chambers Street)
    New York, NY 10007

    • Get the Brown - BMT Nassau Street Line numbers: J , Z to Chambers Street
    • Get the Yellow - BMT Broadway Line numbers: N , R to City Hall
    • Get the Red - IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line numbers: 1 , 2 , 3 to Chambers Street
    • Get the Blue - IND Eighth Avenue Line numbers: A , C to Chambers Street
    • Get the Green - IRT Lexington Avenue Line numbers: 4 , 5 , 6 to Brooklyn Bridge - City Hall

    Faculty

    Sarah White-Ayón

    Sarah White-Ayón

    Sarah White-Ayón is a dancer, visual artist and movement and somatics teacher with a specialization in the Alexander Technique and a lifelong interest in both western and non-western healing arts. For the last 14 years, she has taught classes in movement, somatic awareness, mindfulness, embodied presence and the Alexander Technique at various schools throughout NYC including Movement Research, The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, The Balance Arts Center, Parsons School of Design, and Playwrights Horizons at NYU and Juilliard.

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